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As a Midwestern suburbanite, I don't think I understand this service. When it comes to trash removal, the city already comes around once per week and collects whatever I put out there. The cost of this is baked into my city taxes and can't be opted out of so far as I know. There may be some technical limit as to how much they'll take at once, but I've never hit it. They even come around and take big stuff, like couches and mattresses, a few times per year. Is this type of service not common throughout the US?

This is an interesting idea for donatable goods like clothes, but I lose the write off and I'm not sure waiting around for a pick-up is really more convenient than just driving the stuff to a drop off location myself.

The only real advantage I see here is getting rid of stuff that's hard to dispose of: car batteries (you know, cause I'm always throwing those away), poisonous or flammable liquids, medical waste (which I don't think I've ever had), etc... but I can't believe that is profitable cargo for them to haul away at $5/bag.

What am I missing here? Am I just the wrong demographic for this?

Similar announcements from Gates, Buffet, and Zuckerberg have gotten significant press over the past few years. Is this kind of philanthropy new, or is it traditional to see some of the world's top earners donating (or pledging to donate) their fortunes? I realize that these people are but a small fraction of the true top earners in the world, but they have to be among the most notable.

After reading it, I actually went looking for a date hoping it was written before the Echo announcement and was a wonderful coincidence.

On a side note, having to hover over the title to expose the date is a silly UX.

Backblaze is $5/month (per machine) and let's you grab single files (or directories) from your backup if you want.

I found the use of slightly different shades of the same color to differentiate data bars to be incredibly frustrating, which made me assume this was written by a marketer and not someone with a technical background. Fair or not, that instantly made the message less interesting to me.

Anyways, just an interesting take on another type of factor that can impact recruiting messaging.

    The one thing they're not making any more of in this world is land.

Huge portions of the US remain undeveloped or under-developed. Land isn't really in as short of supply as some would have you believe.

    $3.2M isn't much money for a very large number of people in this world.

$3.2 is just the purchase price. The article says the buyer would be looking at another $25-million to demolish the structures that can't be salvaged. Then you have upkeep and taxes. I'm sure the actual total monetary commitment is still within reach for many, but it's not nearly as low as $3.2.

As a small team (1 - 10), I would be willing to pay in the neighborhood of $5/user/month. Once we get up to $50/month, I'd like to see volume discounts.

I can't imagine I'd ever pay more than a $100/month for a team of any size, because at that price, I should probably just have an in-house dev develop a similar system.

This is purely anecdotal as I don't have real numbers to back it up, but it seems to me like every airline has been on the edge of going out of business for as long as I can remember. I don't think it's greed so much as there is virtually no margin in airlines to begin with.

Because reclining the chair is using it in a predictable way and as it was intended to be used. It's a bit like laying your laptop in the middle of the freeway and then claiming people can't run it over.

Liability would almost certainly be yours alone. The passenger who reclined their seat was using the seat as it was intended, so there is no offense there. The airline would likely argue that they never made any guarantees as to the protective nature of that pocket, nor did they tell you to put your laptop in there.

I saw his one-man show when it came to town about a year ago. After watching him alone on stage for 90 minutes, I have no doubt that he is still "with it" enough to not only comprehend modern tech (if that's what we're calling Facebook), but to provide this level of insight and understanding.

Chalkfly.com - Detroit, MI

Detroit-based start-up (funded, stable, paying competitive salaries), is looking for experienced Magento developers.

Chalkfly.com is looking for amazing, experienced, OO PHP developers with deep Magento experience to join our fast-growing, first-rate development team. As a software developer, you would responsible for end-to-end product development, from architecture, to development, to rollout. You must be comfortable participating in design and code reviews, as well as delivering accurate estimates, providing regular development progress feedback and consistently meeting project deadlines. Our developers are effective at explaining complex ideas and concepts to non-technical team members.

This is a full time position that would work out of our downtown Detroit office. Occasional telecommuting (like one day a week) is on the table, but we really need people who can be in the office most of the time.

Here's our stats:

    Company size: 21
    Current dev team size: 4 
    Stack: LAMP
    Version Control: Git
    Bug Tracking: Github Issues
    Project Management: Basecamp
    Mac or PC: Dealer's choice. We currently have 3 devs on mac and 1 on PC.
    Office style: Open floor plan, collaborative working environment, very casual. We're in The M@dison Building, which is home to about 20 other start-ups.
    Dev methodologies: We borrow elements of various frameworks, but in general we work in monthly sprint cycles, daily stand-ups, weekly overview meetings.

If you are interested, please drop me an email at [email protected] and let's chat.

I think you're describing a sales guy versus a programmer. In my experience, "businesses guys" are actually professional bullshit detectors. It's one of the reasons you want them in on the actual contract negotiations. A skilled business guy has an amazing way of boiling things down, spotting inconsistencies, and seeing where relationships are likely to fall apart.

Sales guys on the other hand are professional bullshit machines. They heavily rely on being able to read your tone and state of mind so that they can tailor the message to whatever they think will resound with you the most. And that's way easier to do on the phone.

Detroit-based start-up (funded, stable, paying competitive salaries) looking for experienced Magento developers.

Chalkfly.com is looking for an amazing, experienced, OO PHP developer with deep Magento experience to join our fast-growing, first-rate development team. As a software developer, you would responsible for end-to-end product development, from architecture, to development, to rollout. You must be comfortable participating in design and code reviews, as well as delivering accurate estimates, providing regular development progress feedback and consistently meeting project deadlines. Our developers are effective at explaining complex ideas and concepts to non-technical team members.

This is a full time position that would work out of our downtown Detroit office. Occasional telecommuting (like one day a week) is on the table, but we really need people who can be in the office most of the time.

Here's our stats:

    Company size: 19

    Current dev team size: 5 (and hiring as fast as we can find good people)

    Stack: LAMP

    Version Control: Git

    Bug Tracking: Github Issues

    Project Management: Basecamp

    Mac or PC: Dealer's choice. We currently have 2 devs on mac and 1 on PC.

    Office style: Open floor plan, collaborative working environment, very casual.

    Dev methodologies: We borrow elements of various frameworks, but in general we work in monthly sprint cycles, daily stand-ups, weekly overview meetings.

    Hours: The dev team likes to have people here by 10am most days.

A word about Detroit: The city gets a lot of bad press. It might not look like an attractive option to people who are considering offers from NY or CA, but I would really encourage people to at least take a look. We're in a building with about 20 other tech start-ups who have all received funding. There is serious investment happening in the city right now. Two months ago I looked up and Warren Buffet (completely unannounced) was 10 feet away from my desk (he's partnering on several projects in the city). We sit right across from the Detroit Twitter office. We're on the same block as the Detroit Google office. Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play, is 100 yards from our office. Ford Field, where the Lions play, is another about 300 yards away. The part of the city we're in is clean and safe with newly built downtown living alternatives. All I'm saying is: give it a look.

If you're interested in finding out more, shoot me an email at [email protected].

"...just 'cause the owner was still staying there."

Honestly, my favorite part of a hotel is not having to share a living space with a stranger.